The Maya civilization, which existed in Central America from before Christ to the 16th century, had highly developed mathematics and astronomy, and is known to have predicted solar and lunar eclipses.

Astronomical events such as eclipses were central to Maya culture, reflected in the care the Maya took to keep accurate calendars to aid in celestial predictions. Among the few surviving Maya texts is ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how Maya astronomers developed and refined a system to predict solar eclipses with remarkable precision, overturning a century of misinterpretations about the Dresden ...